Evidence for heterothermic endothermy and reptile-like eggshell mineralization in Troodon, a non-avian maniraptoran theropod.
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2213987120
Abstract: The dinosaur-bird transition involved several anatomical, biomechanical, and physiological modifications of the theropod bauplan. Non-avian maniraptoran theropods, such as Troodon, are key to better understand changes in thermophysiology and reproduction occurring during this transition. Here,… read more here.
Keywords: non avian; avian maniraptoran; reptile like; dual clumped ... See more keywords